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* Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself
* Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself


==Detailed guidelines with examples==
==Detailed guidelines==


===Follow the appropriate Capitalization Standard===
===Follow the appropriate Capitalization Standard===
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===Expand abbreviations===
===Expand abbreviations===
===Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself===
===Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself===



==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==

Revision as of 10:04, 15 November 2009

Titles

When entering a release or track title into MusicBrainz, please adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Follow the appropriate Capitalization_Standard
  • Expand abbreviations
  • Use a colon (:) to separate multi-line parts
  • Use a slash (/) to separate multiple titles
  • Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself

Detailed guidelines

Follow the appropriate Capitalization Standard

Album and song titles are often found in uppercase on the back cover of CDs. For example, the album Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen is written as SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE on the cover. This is usually the choice of a graphic designer, not the artist. So, instead of copying the title from the cover, we follow certain rules to capitalize a title. There rules are different for each language, please see Capitalization_Standard for more information.

Use a colon (:) to separate multi-line parts

Use a slash (/) to separate multiple titles

Expand abbreviations

Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself

Exceptions

Notes

The intent for this page is to replace the following wiki pages:

MainTitle, SubTitle, SubTitleStyle, MultipleTitleStyle, SplitReleaseTitleStyle, SeriesNumberStyle, VolumeNumberStyle, PartNumberStyle, AbbreviationStyle.